2007 No. 277

The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, in exercise of its powers under section 13(1) (amended by section 34(3) of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999(1) and section 5(1) of the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002(1)) and 13(2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act 1952(1) which stand transferred to it under section 34(1) of the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(1) and (2) of the Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952(2) and now vested in it(3) with the approval of the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, under the agreement made between those Governments on 19th November 2002(4) and section 5(1) of the British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2002, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and Commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 9th May 2007.

Amendment of the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001

2. For the Schedule to the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001(5) there shall be substituted the Schedule as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Revocation

3. The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) (Amendment) Regulations 2005(6) are hereby revoked.

Given under the Seal of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission on 4th May 2007.

R.J.D Anderson

Chief Executive of the Loughs Agency

Approved by the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 4th May 2007.

T Hanney

M Bunting

being persons authorised by those Governments to signify approval on their behalf.

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE Replacement Schedule to the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001

Regulations 3,4,5,6,7 and 8

“SCHEDULE Licence Fees

PARTI

Description of Fishing Engine

Fishing Licence Fee

£

Fishing Licence Fee

€

Draft Net used wholly or partly in the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side.

179.00

261.00

Draft Net used wholly or partly in the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth.

188.00

274.00

Draft Net used wholly in the waters of the Foyle Area elsewhere than in –

(a)

the tidal waters of the River Foyle between the confluence of the Rivers Mourne and Finn and an imaginary straight line drawn across the River Foyle to join the points where the southernmost boundary of the County of Londonderry meets the river on each side; or

(b)

the River Roe upstream of the defined mouth.

145.00

211.00

Drift Net used wholly in Lough Foyle, south of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle (the seaward limit of which for the purposes of these Regulations shall be deemed to be an imaginary straight line drawn between Greencastle Fort in the County of Donegal and the Martello Tower at Magilligan Point in the County of Londonderry).

253.00

369.00

PARTII

Description of Fishing Engine

Fishing Licence Fee

£

Fishing Licence Fee

€

Stake Net

581.00

847.00

Bag Net

349.00

508.00

Fixed Draft Net

364.00

530.00

PARTIII

Description of Fishing Engine Licence

Fishing Licence Fee

£

Fishing Licence Fee

€

Season Game Fishing Rod and Line.

16.00

23.50

Fourteen Day Game Fishing Rod and Line.

8.00

11.50

Three Day Game Fishing Rod and Line.

3.50

5.00

Season Game Fishing Rod and Line to be issued to a person under the age of eighteen.

2.00

3.00

Season Game Fishing Rod and Line provided applicant can produce at the time of application a season game fishing rod licence for the time being in force and issued by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland, or a salmon rod (annual) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 67 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959(7), or a salmon rod (annual) (district) ordinary licence for the time being in force and issued under section 16 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1991(7).

1.00

1.50

Season Coarse Fishing Rod and Line.

16.00

23.50

Season Coarse Fishing Rod and Line to be issued to a person under the age of eighteen.

2.00

3.00”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Licensing of Fishing Engines) Regulations 2001 by retaining the Schedule to those Regulations with the omission of the references to Drift Nets used wholly to seaward of Lough Foyle and Drift Nets used partly in Lough Foyle and partly seaward of the seaward limit of Lough Foyle.

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